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hiamps:
Pam, on my 64bit I just renamed App_info to Appp_info and was able to download fine, like 300 units. When I renamed it back the speed came back.
Simon:
Folks,
I'd like to direct your attention to this thread by Carsten. He outlines a method similar to the Richard's workaround, but his does not require any manual intervention after installation (until a new stock application version comes along).
His post is titled "using optimized apps without an app_info.xml" and seems like it should work for anyone who is not attached to SETI Main and SETI Beta at the same time.
Reason being, to run both on the same host needs a "faked" higher version number to work for Main, which makes Carsten's method unworkable. Of course, that's an assumption, but I'll be able to prove or disprove it in a bit (will try Carsten's method on a number of different hosts to see what happens).
Regards,
Simon.
msattler:
Simon, so far the simple work-around that has been working for me is to simply rename the app info file and restart Boinc. Period.
It clears up the comms problem with Seti Main (still get http server errors trying to report Beta, but I think that's been seen as a separate problem) and all the WUs continue to crunch using the optimized app. It has continued to work even after some of the rigs have rebooted. It seems that unless the host runs totally out of WUs or Boinc decides to update the stock app, the link to the optimized app is maintained even though the app info file is not present and Boinc does not on start the 'anonymous platform' when starting up.
This has worked on all of my rigs since yesterday, all 32 bit, 2 xp, the rest win2k.
I also changed my cache preferenc from 10 days to 4 days and this did not cause any problems.
msattler:
Simon, I made the last post before reading the Carsten posts and had another thought...
Could the reason this is working for me have something due to the fact that the app info files I am using contain references to 512, 513, 514, 515, and 517?
nutsalot:
Simon
I was waiting for the Server side issue to be resolved so I removed the app_info.xml on all my devices and all my devices are running 515 workunits. I am not part of the beta SETI so to run the chicken apps DO I remove all the references like below that refer to the following version numbers 512,513,514 and 517 then put the edited file into place till server side issue is resolved ? An example of some of the lines to be removed would be as follows
<app_version>
<app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name>
<version_num>512</version_num>
<file_ref>
<file_name>KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
This will be diffrent dependent on which Chicken App you use.
Please clarify
Nutsalot
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